Vehicle-tire.



S. C. BELLOU.

VEHICLE TIRE. APPLICATION FILED DEC.28. 1914.

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Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

STEPHEN" on. BELLOU, or BRoo 'roN, MASSACHUSETTS.

VEHICLE TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent. -Pa,i;entd Apr, 4

Application filed December 28, 1914. Serial No. 879,266.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN a subject of the King of Greece, residing atBrockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Tires, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in vehicle tires and the purposethGIQOflS to provide a tire constructed of resilient material,preferably metal, which shall be much stronger and more durable than thetires constructed of rubber and which shall at the same time have thelocal yielding feature and resiliency which renders the pneumatic tireso much better adapted to use on motor vehicles than any other type oftire.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts setforth 1n the following specification and particularly pointed out in theclaim.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of a section of a tire embodying myinvention, parts of which are broken away. Fig. 2 1s a longitudinalsection, partly in elevation, of the portion of the tire illustrated inFig 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the tire taken on the line 3-3of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail of one of the strips of which the tire isconstructed.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, 5 is a tire consisting of a casing 6 and rim 7 to whichthe casing 6 is secured. The casing 6 is preferably arch shaped andconstructed of strips of material 8, preferably metal, arranged in twoseries 9 and 10, each of said series bemg helically disposed or in otherwords ar-- ranged obliquely to the central plane of rotation of saidtire, said plane being indicated by the line aa, Fig. 3.

The strips constituting the series 10 are oppositely disposed relativelyto the strips constituting the series 9 and lnterwoven therewith. Thesestrips are formed tapering from the central portion thereof towardopposite ends (see Fig. 1) w1th the widest portion thereof at thecenter, which taper varies according to the size of the wheel andtransverse conformation preferred.

The strips constituting each series are placed edge to edge, or as nearso as the interweaving of said strips Wlll permit, in

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order to make a casing which is substantially hole proof and thuscapable of resisting dirt and like substances. The strips of both seriesare also secured together substantially at each of the crossing pointsthereof by suitable fastening devices 11', preferably rivets. The rivetsalong the tread portion of said tire have enlarged heads 12 whichconstitute means to prevent skidding of the tires and at the same timeprotecting the metal strips from direct contact with the surface of theground.

The edges of the casing 6 are secured to rings 13 and 14, preferably bymeans of the rivets 11, which serve to secure the extremities of thestrips 9 and 10 together. The rings 13 and 14 constitute outwardlyprojecting peripheral flanges and form parts of the rim 7. Said rim hasa cylindricalportion 15 adapted to engage the periphery of .the felly 16of a wheel, said rim being secured on said felly, preferably by a pairof rings 17 engaging opposite faces of said felly 16 and secured theretoby bolts 18.

The rim 7 is formed in two sections divided circumferentially at 19 thusto facilitate the riveting of the sides of the casing to said rings 13and 14.

When it is desired to increase the supporting power of the tire 5, thestrips 9and 10 may, if desired, be increased in thickness. The preferredmethod of accomplishing the above result is however to providestiffeners 20 extending transversely of the tread portion of said tirewithin said casing, said stifl'eners being preferably arranged parallelwith the strips 9 or 10, or both as the case may be and secured theretoby the rivets 11. One or more series of stiifeners may be providedaccording to the stifiness or the sup-- porting power required. In thepresent case four series of said stiifeners are shown, two of which areparallel with the series of strips 9 and the other two parallel with theseries of strips 10.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire by LettersPatent to secure is:

A vehicle tire comprising a series of interwoven resilient strips ofmaterial disposed obliquely to the plane of rotation of said tire,arranged substantially edge to edge and bent to form an arched casingand a plurality of series of reinforcing resilient strips arrangedwithin and substantially parallel with the strips constituting saidseries of interwef e'fi fesiiient strips, the strips gf 'sgi d myiigndin presence of two Subscribing witseveral serles decreaslngjln lengthfrom the nesses,

outermost toward thefinnermost of said' 'TT'L-IT'Y; series ofreinforcing strips and means-fer STEPHEN BELLOU securing the severalseries of strips Of m:i wltnesses:

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In testimony whereof I have herennte set HARRY KENEKLIs.

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